Thrift store treasures

Ok, anyone who knows me, knows I am a "furniture reassignment" junkie!

This is the art of taking something that is and making it into something new and different. I could buy most of the things I do this to for cheaper at a store but there is something therapuetic for me in the tactile touch of making something with your hands. I drive the real carpenters crazy because I don't have a plan most of the time, just a concept in my head. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't.

My latest conquest is what used to be an entertainment center with shelves and a pull out tray.

My goal is to make cut-outs on the two doors and do the scroll saw work so they match the other door. A light will need to be mounted in the left side as most of the bar ware (glasses etc) will go on that side. I need to make shelving on the right side, and I'm not sure if I will extend how far out the pull out tray goes so to make a "drink work bench", or not. You can't tell in this light but its a little too red to match the wood in my home, so I will strip and re-stain as well.

I am also on the hunt right now for a short (2 drawer high kind) base to give it some height as the wall this is going on is tall, and will give me a couple more spaces for "guest" dishes, table linens etc. To do that I will have to remove the exsisting legs so it can be mounted on the base, and maybe I will attach those legs to the new base, depending on what the new base legs look like. Of course I will do some trim work to tie the two pieces together.

Yes I have the two drawer, just took them out for the trip.

So I will keep you updated on this as it goes.